Bio & Incident Details
Age: 36
Tour: 11 years
Badge # 1327
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 3/23/2006
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Charged with murder
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Deputy Joseph Whitehead was shot and killed while he and other deputies were serving a search warrant at a home on Atherton Avenue.
Deputy Whitehead and several other officers were executing a search warrant they had obtained during a narcotics investigation. When they entered the location, two suspects inside opened fire on them. Deputy Whitehead was struck once in the chest and once in the face. The round that struck Deputy Whitehead in the chest was absorbed by his bullet resistant vest.
Deputy Whitehead was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wound approximately 30 minutes later.
Five people in the home were arrested and charged with murder in connection with Deputy Whitehead's death. The two killers who fired at Deputy Whitehead face the death penalty.
Deputy Whitehead is survived by his wife and three children.
